Watercolor Flowers Series #2: Flower Dance

I’m on the second in my series on painting watercolor flowers, woohoo! I’m using my Koi again…..in preparation for my two-week trip to paint my way through Europe! This time it’s a more graphical style of painting – no background, just letting that white space speak on its own. (If you missed last week’s floral #1, click HERE.) Enjoy the video below, or click HERE to watch in HD on YouTube.

I love the loose look of this style of watercolor flowers…and it might serve me well while traveling to Europe and trying to paint quickly! I’m not sure if the weather will be cooperative, so I’m looking for various ways of capturing what I see easily, in case it’s raining. Sadly it’s not spring, so I probably won’t have need to watercolor flowers. 🙂

Things of Note

Below I’m linking you to the supplies for both #1 and #2 in the series….so you can combine your purchases all in one. 🙂

If you’re on a computer/device that supports it, let me know if you see the coolio share buttons on the left side? (They won’t show up in email.)

The new “subscribe” system — agh! Let’s give it another try. See if this form works better than the last if you weren’t successful yesterday:

46 Comments

Carolyn
on May 31, 2017 at 7:55 am

I love your series and your painting and your explanation about what you’re doing. However, I don’t care for the music in the background. It would work if you weren’t talking, but the two together doesn’t work for me!

I’m really enjoying this series! I haven’t touched my watercolors in years and now I’m inspired to get them out! I would love to see some exploration of color theory and what happens with complementary colors or colors in the same range. Thanks so much! Great way to start my day 🙂

I’m so glad the watercolor series will continue. You create such beautiful cards and are an awesome teacher! Thank you for sharing your talent with us! I hope you have a fantastic trip and enjoy every minute!!

Sandy, I am so proud of you on your traveling to Europe. I, must admit, that I have a problem going to places that require that much courage! Blessings and may the God of your understanding guide and protect you May doors open in a way that you would never expect. Thank you for getting me over the hump when it comes to watercoloring! Great series!

These are so pretty Sandy. Seeing all your beautiful watercolor work is making me itch to dig out my long-tucked away supplies. It’s the only medium I ever worked in seriously, and though I did it for funI eventually sold most of what I painted and it made me happy to find loving homes for them. LOL hope you have a wonderful trip and better luck than I have had in all the many time I ‘packed to paint’ but barely managed to even sketch.

Love the card and cant wait to see the video! Hopefully that will get fixed soon.
I was just wondering if you prefer the Koi over the Kuretake watercolors?
Your cards are always an inspiration, keep them coming!

So glad the watercolor series will continue … yay!!! I agree with Dawn about finding “paint-worthy” subjects everywhere in Europe. If anyone can capture beauty [in any medium], it’s you. Relax, enjoy, and be safe.

I LOVE your floral watercolors, Sandy! Hope you will continue this series for a long time! If you have a rainy day on your trip, look for inspiration in an art museum, the windows in a cathedral, a flower market, or a cozy cafe. You will find charm, beauty, and history around every corner!! So excited for you!! I can see the sharing buttons from my laptop. ♡

Hi Sandy! Yes, I see coolio buttons on my desktop… Like others the link doesn’t work, but if you copy it, paste it, and correct the spelling to drop the extra “u” in this http://youtu.be/LBsyoMjiUys it gets you there. So just a typo.
Love the flowers bytw! =^..^=